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@AIKIDOSILVERDALEАй бұрын
Palm heel strikes, palm heel strikes, palm heel strikes. Often more powerful than a punch, mitigates damge to your fist/hand, offers the opportunity to easily convert to a grab, and on video it's ALWAYS plausible to say 'I was just trying to push them away". Good video tristan. This is a VERY important topic especially for Aikidoka.
@tristanchermack6735Ай бұрын
Excellent point! My preferred variety of the open hand strike is called the bone strike. Rather than using the softer part of the lower palm, you use the bone at the outside base of the hand. It hits extremely hard, as you say - harder than a punch. The story I heard was that when Bas Rutten went to Japan and competed (don't recall the organization ATM), fist strikes were restricted. He used the bone strike and ruptured an opponent's spleen with the blow. Same thing holds with a shot to the jaw: extremely powerful blow and easier on your hands.
@basdejong9054Ай бұрын
Many thanks for sharing your thoughts on atemi in aikido. I liked the video and in my opinion you make many sound observations. I hope it will be seen by many aikido practitioners. The founder of aikido Morihei Ueshiba certainly could deliver atemi properly. Shioda Gozo wrote in one of his books that Ueshiba was challenged by a judo man, and delivered such powerful atemi to the judo man's hip bone that it apparently was broken. I also feel that the importance of atemi may be underestimated in a large part of the aikido community. Someone once commented that many aikido practitioners fall in the trap of trying to grab an opponent's limb, which is very difficult against someone who is fast and strong with elbows tucked in. Many techniques on arms, elbows and wrists will only work after an opponent is unbalanced by atemi, if they work at all.
@TenguMartialArtsАй бұрын
We seem to be on the same wavelength... have a video in the works about this right now.
@SchwarzeKatterАй бұрын
Looking forward to your Video Tengu!
@towagАй бұрын
I use the "intention" of atemi to get a reaction of kuzushi in my opponents to throw them. I think this its what's meant by Ueshiba's statement of 90% atemi... Tomiki aikido developed this in 1st 5 waza in his approach to randori shiai, practised in the randori no kata for randori... To me its obvious aikido (aiki ju jutsu) waza was originally preempted with a strike to effect a grappling technique.... 👐
@USGrant-rr2byАй бұрын
In Original Okinawan Te (16,17,1800s) 2 things were practiced heavily.(EVERY day for hours). Body conditioning (to deliver and RECEIVE strikes) and practical application of Kata techniques (bunkai) Over and over, tens of thousands of times until they became automatic. NEITHER of those are practiced heavily (if at all) today. That is the difference. Talking about punching with a "regular fist". Old Okinawan masters DID NOT strike this way. They used "Nukite". Single, full power knuckle strikes (a single big toe in kicking), almost exclusively (after they had heavily conditioned those knuckles on makiwara, ect.) Remember Noogies, monkey bumps, ect. as a kid? The middle knuckle extended strikes to your shoulder? Heart like hell, with little power. Now imagine one of those(with FULL power) to your jaw, eye socket, forehead, or....your temple (you might actually die!) Which was the actual real result they trained to acheive!
@asfafasdad384Ай бұрын
if you dont understand why aikido doesnt include striking, cuz you dont really know what it was meant for. It was meant for peace (aka using appropriate and not too much force to make the evil, hostile force obsolete). If you strike back to strike you are just back in chaos, the art is harmony and natural movement with the universe. It doesnt mean Aikido cant break, mame, or kill. If that would be appropriate response to hostility level. Even then. if person came to kill you and he couldnt, but he stayed healthy, he could become your student, and the teaching would serve the mission of peace and further it, maybe who did try to kill me, had become greatest peace bringers and new Sensays of harmony to teach generations afterwards. Dominate them with love, not with violence.